{"id":124318,"date":"2022-01-22T18:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ways-of-seeding-the-designer-changing-the-way-we-look-at-gardening\/"},"modified":"2022-01-22T19:04:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T12:04:06","slug":"ways-of-seeding-the-designer-changing-the-way-we-look-at-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ways-of-seeding-the-designer-changing-the-way-we-look-at-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways of seeding: the designer changing the way we look at gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWith a background in fashion and art, Errol Fernandes brings a creative eye to designing outdoor spacesOverseeing the gardens of a city museum is a somewhat atypical post in the gardening world, but a fantastic one (as head gardener at London\u2019s Garden Museum, I should know). Horticulture is combined with history, education and storytelling, which inform plant choices, design and presentation. Errol Fernandes, head of horticulture at south London\u2019s Horniman Museum and Gardens, which houses the collection of the 19th-century tea trader Frederick John Horniman \u2013 says conversations with visitors regularly stray beyond gardening into the realms of art, collections and curation.Fernandes, who took on the role last spring, oversees 16\u00bd acres of tropical, medicinal and rockery plantings, mature trees and large areas of parkland grass. He draws inspiration not only from his horticultural studies and experience, but a background in art and curation (he initially studied fine art, painting and photography). A painter\u2019s eye, therefore, informs his approach to planting and garden maintenance. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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